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- Title
Can a comparative database study help to develop an effective risk index system?
- Authors
Dalton, Jarrod; Farag, Ehab
- Abstract
In this article, the authors discuss the research "Predicting blood loss and transfusion requirements in patients undergoing surgery for musculoskeletal tumors" by P.A. Thompson and colleagues, present within the issue. Topics discussed include the identification of predictive factors for blood transfusion, the use of an index system to predict blood loss in musculoskeletal tumors' surgeries, and preoperative use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Subjects
BLOOD transfusion; MUSCULOSKELETAL system diseases; BLOOD loss estimation; NONSTEROIDAL anti-inflammatory agents; THOMPSON, P. A.; PATIENTS
- Publication
Transfusion, 2014, Vol 54, Issue 6, p1450
- ISSN
0041-1132
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1111/trf.12688